The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-10-22
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t!msa This also Included assuring
him that his mishap wouli be mem
toned Va thc papers. AID that hc would
probably be r.,..rl - as tic Hon.
B0w.cr
Made two SORTS Of srnci. one sort oi
soup. two sorts # to-. "Hc ,"rt of lem-
onade and assured A.4 i...t .u case the
limb mortified Id have il ampulatod in
time to save hi- prrci0u, life.
Lied To him seven times. Hld to 10
it. Three different times whcn the
door-bcll rang and | went tp the dOor
and fired trlmps or the step, had u
tell Mr.. Bowser that prominent citi-
zens had sent messenger, up To- ask
after his situation aad 10 say that he
need worry about nothing.
When evening came NJ BoW-cr had
slight fever. and lie grew mpre pet
tish. lie wanted me to telegraph To
his brother in Japan his sister in Cali
fornia. and To telephone the doctor.
He also wanted a lawyer to draw up i
will. ncighb)r to come in and see
about hl- life Insurance. aud he cried
several times aS a. thDIEit ot my
marrying again and t.Eing my second
husband To- ~p.t lpJacco-iuicr on his
grave. pat in an awful night with
him. IL heard cat, and bur-.lr, and
forty other noi,c-, and hr refused 10
90 To sleep for fear he'd die without
knowing it, At midnight, after had
helped him turn over about twenty
times aud had upset hi, pillow until
the case was worn ihrradJarc, he
wanted mc 10 telephone the doctor and
asked il spraincd ankle ever struck
to the heart rang up the central
and the following conversation seemed
TO take place:
doctor, Mr.. Bowscr has grown
steadily worse since YOU left, and |
don't believe he can live an hour
longer. Yes, have done a. YOU told
me. Oh, You knew he'd die before
morning, ch? Oh, yes. shall be
pretty we'll fixed for widow About
six hacks, guess. I'm no hand to
make "A spread at a funeral. You
might
"Mrs. Bowscr" yelled Mr. Bowser
at the top of his voice. and when ran
into the bedroom ho was sitting on
the edge OF tho bed. hair on end and
face pale rs death
"What do YOU want, dcar?n
Well, the poor man actually tainted
away in his nervousness. aud when he
came 10 had 10 sit and hold hi, hands
while he caught catnaps. The SWELL
ing was nearly gone from his ankle in
the morning, and he could dress him.
self and hobblc about He, however,
drew up his will, had two or three
mysterious conferences with parties he
sent for, and | saw him looking over "A
lot of photographs of monuments and
tombStonc-. | caught him weeping
once, and when ,trokcd the back of
his neck and called him my poor. Grip
plcd gazcllc, he looked up in pitiful
way and said:
Mrs. Bow,cr, its awful hard TO
nave to die at my age
That was Mr.. Bowser for the first two
days. On the third day he went down
town, anl Oh the fourth he gave up his
cane, When he came home To dinner
was on the lounge with teeth and
ears full of neuralgia.
Now what" he roared out.
I'm dreadfully i'll. Mr.. Bowser."
"Bosh! A little neuralgia! Mrs.
Bowser, you've got no more sand than
a grasshopper. If were rs big baby
as you are I'd live on soothing syrup"
"But-but when you had nothing but
sprained ankle, you--you-."
"When I fell fourteen feet. Mrs.
BOwser and cracked two ribs, upset
my liver, turned my right leg clear
around, knocked my elbow loose and
brought on brain fever lay here with
out murmm or complaint, and you
know it! You are booby-a regular
BOBBY with No. feet, and RI 90 back
down town for my dinner. - Detr0u
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